Machine for assorting beans.



N0.`7l6,220. M. W. GUNN.

MACHINE FOR ASSORTING BEANS.

(Application Bled Feb. 7, 1902.)

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MOSES W. GUIfTN, OF` LASALLE, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE. FOR AzSSORTlNG BEANS.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming part cf Letters Patent No. 716,220, dated:December 16, 1902.

Application filed February '7. 1902. f serai No. 93,033. (No moana To@ZZ whom it 'may aon/cern.: 2

Be it known that I, MOSES W. GUNN, a citi,- zen of the United States,residing at`Lasalle, in the county of Lasalle andState of Illinois,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Machines for AssortingBeans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved ma*- chine for asserting beans; andit consists, essentially, of a table and legs thereto which carry andsupport my mechanism, which is especially adapted to be operated byhandpower or otherwise, if desired.

The object of my present invention is to provide a machine for assertingbeans (commonly termed hand-picking) and of distributing them intovarious receptacles according to size and quality.

Another object is to provide a, machine for' assorting beans which willbe simple in coustruction, positive in its action, strong and durable inits construction, and which can be manufactured and sold at a very lowprice.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following specicationand drawings and speciiically pointed out in the appended claimsterminating thisspecication. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the drawings which form apart of this specication, yinwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my machine, taken online X XofFig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top planview of myfentire ma-` guards may be added asdesired.

The essentialpart of my machine is the wheel 10, which is'revolublymounted on the axle 11 and carried thereby. The shaft 11 is revolved bytwo oppositely-disposed cranks 12 and 13, connected to the pitmen 14.and 15, and they in turn to the treadles 16 and 17, which latter aremounted on the rod 18 and :which come over the wheel `"extend from s ideto side of the machine. The shaft'llalso carries a pulley-wheel 19,whichis connected by a band 20 to a smaller pulleywheel 21', which latter issecured to the shaft 22. The shaft 22 also carries the large balance oriiy wheel 23. The main wheel 10 :is divided on the face of its peripheryinto small cavities ,for pockets of a size just sufficient to receiveloosely the size of beans to be assorted by the machine.

24 represents a resilient stationary arm of the curvature of wheel 10,which divides the beans right and left as they come to the wheel 10.

25 represents a movable hopper with a slanting bottom conducting thebeans to an opening at the bottom on the inner side of 25,

thro ugh which the beans pass to the wheel 10. This opening is madelarger or smaller, as desired, by the sliding shutter 26.

E and F represent two holes, one on each side of the wheel 10, throughthe table A. These holes open into spouts 27 and 28,which lead tovessels or sacks which Vreceive the poorgrade or spoiled beans.

29 and 30 represent hooks on which a bag can be suspended to receive thegood beans 10, as will hereinafter appear.

y From the above explanation of the parts, taken in connection with thedrawings, it will be seen that a person can be seated in front of thetable A and by hisfeet operate the treadles 16 and 17 to cause the wheel10 to revolve toward him, the hopper 25 being filled with hulled beans,the slide 26 being `'opened enough to permit a proper amount of beans topass outof the opening in 25,where `they will be taken up by the bucketsor pockets in the periphery of the wheel 10to a level with the top of A,where the operator, using both his hands, will rake the bad beans to theright and left into the holes E and F and allow the good beans to becarried on by the IOO without the use of this machine.

- which novel features are embodied maT be variously changed withoutaltering the essenfial principles-which are claimed as new.

I-Iaving now fully shown and described my invention and the best modefor its construction and use to me known at this time, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A bean-assorting machine, in combination with the tables A and Bsupported by the legs C, of the assorting-wheel IO provided with twoparallel rows of pockets or receptacles to receive the beans revolublymounted beneath the table A and projecting even with the. upper surfacethereof, of a hopper 25 provided with an opening at the center of itsinner side, a sliding gate for controlling said opening, said openingleading to the face of the wheel 10, small openings provided through thetable A on each side of the wheel 10, and means for revolving saidwheel, all substantially-as shown and described.

2. A mechanism of the class described, the combination of the mainsupporting-frame with tables A and B at dierent elevations, of theassorting-wheel l() provided with two parallel rows of pockets orreceptacles to receive the beans revolving in a slot near the center ofthe table A and opposite an opening in D leading into the movable hopper25, of a resilient guard or divider 24 extending upward over a portionof the face of the wheel l0, and means for revolving said wheel, allsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOSES W. GUNN. y

Witnesses:

I. K. NEELY, GEO. B. FREAT.

